July 2025 blends Westerns, horror, and satire to delve into life in the COVID era and beyond. Key to the plot is the ...

An aspiring nuclear terrorist in Iran could be actively building an improvised nuclear weapon after an opportunity to steal ...

The Trump administration released America’s AI Action Plan, which proposes gutting regulations, expanding AI use, and building data centers.

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The US administration must address nuclear arms control in different ways: sustain existing limits with Russia and build predictability with China.

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Rather than forcing China into trilateral nuclear arms control talks, the largest nuclear powers should discuss reductions to military spending for nuclear weapons and other destabilizing systems.

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Oppenheimer was first a brilliant scientist, then a war hero, then a political traitor, then a nobody, then a martyr, now a ...

If Trump is interested in resolving this crisis, diplomacy remains the best method for preventing a nuclear breakout in Iran and beyond.

Peder Anker is a professor of history of science at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in history of science from Harvard University and a ...